Dec 11, 2018

Have you gotten this far in your life without knowing that Sally Field starred in a 1972 Christmas-themed horror movie that pits her against the baroness from The Sound of Music? Not only does your host get into this Aaron Spelling-produced made-for-TV wonder, but he does so with writer-director Sam Greisman, who just...

Oct 22, 2018

A decade after William Shatner starred in the Twilight Zone episode “The Nightmare at 20,000 Feet,” he took a lead role in this TV horror movie with a similar name. Did it outdo his original fight against otherworldly forces on an airplane? No. But did it give actresses like Tammy Grimes and Paul Winfield a chance...

Sep 24, 2018

Think of Lost by way of Fantasy Island with a Twilight Zone chaser, and if that’s not incentive enough, know that Haunts of the Very Rich’s band of castaways is 1972 TV royalty, including Lloyd Bridges, Cloris Leachman, Ed Asner, Anne Francis, Donna Mills, Robert Reed and more. The ebullient Alec Mapa joins Sam for...

Sep 17, 2018

"What if Carrie went to college?" That's a question few people asked, but the 1978 TV movie THE INITIATION OF SARAH seeks to answer it anyway. Actress and gaucho pant enthusiast Nina Millin joins Sam to talk about the high fashion and glaring plotholes in this thoroughly enjoyable flick about sorority sisters and...

Sep 10, 2018

It's finally here: the movie that derailed Karen Black's career! The 1975 TV movie TRILOGY OF TERROR offers viewers four different flavors of Karen Black, but Sam and guest Roz Drezfalez find that there's a reason the last vignette is the one everyone still remembers. Zuni fetish doll for the win! Official...